Summary of pregnancy and childbirth statistics
Jessica Lim made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
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From: Jessica Lim
Dear Department of Corrections,
Please provide me with information and statistics, broken down by women's prison, broken down by year, as far as your records permit.
How many prisoners are currently known to be pregnant?
How many prisoners are known to be pregnant, divided by ethnicity?
How many prisoners have given birth in custody?
What is the Department of Corrections' policy for caring for prisoners in labour?
How are prisoners going into labour transported to hospitals?
How are prisoners restrained when they are giving birth in hospitals?
How many prisoners have given birth in hospitals?
How many prisoners have given birth inside prisons?
How many pregnant prisoner to access an abortion?
How many prisoners have had an abortion in custody?
How many prisoners have miscarried while in custody?
In instances of miscarriage, what medical care did those prisoners receive afterwards?
How many babies born to prisoners were born stillborn?
How many babies born to prisoners were born premature?
How premature babies born to prisoners survived past infancy?
Yours faithfully,
Jessica Lim
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Hello Jessica,
Thank you for your email of 8 April 2019 requesting statistics
/information relating to pregnancy and childbirth in NZ prisons.
Please be advised your request has been received, and will be considered
under the Official Information Act 1982.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44 - 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Dear Ms Lim
Please see attached Corrections’ response to your email of 7 April 2019.
Yours sincerely
Ministerial Services
National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa
Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington | Private Bag 1206,
Wellington 6140
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